Virtual Guitarist CARBON Explained

Studio software expert Eli Krantzberg shows you everything you need to know to start using the UJAM Virtual Guitarist CARBON instrument quickly and easily, as well as all of its features and functions. These videos are designed for new UJAM Virtual Guitarist CARBON users who want to make killer cinematic guitar tracks!

Videos
Overview (07:56) - Take a quick tour around the interface and learn about all the main features CARBON offers.
General Controls (05:09) - Learn about the file management system, menu bar items, and a few other common functions.
Working with Common Phrases (03:59) - Discover and explore the palette of stock muted and sustained phrases available for triggering in the C1 - F2 keyboard range.
Working with Style Phrases (06:15) - See how the Style Selector is used to choose from fifty groups of styles, each containing eleven phrases, and how key switch style notes are used in a DAW to alternate between the different style phrases. Micro timing adjustments in CARBON are used to add a swing and timing offset to the feel of the triggered phrases.
Instrument Mode (08:08) - Explore how CARBON is played like a real guitar by switching articulations with varying degrees of mutes and sustains in the left hand, triggering phrases of repeated notes, or rapid fire shred licks. Also, see how Legato Mode intelligently determines the quality of note transitions based on where the specific notes fall on the various guitar strings, and how Latch Mode is used for alternate triggering from the articulation range.
Drag & Drop (06:10) - See how dragging and dropping style phrases into your DAW combines the best of both Player and Instrument Modes. Key switch notes and right hand notes are feely editable, enabling the creation of customized rhythms and voicings.
Amp Stacks (05:03) - Explore the Condition presets, designed using a combination of virtual processors, distortion stages, amp cabinets, and customized algorithms, and the hear the effects of turning up the distortion inside the multiple amp stages using the Severity knob.
The Finisher (04:37) - This custom effects array with 20 effects processor is set up as a series of macros, controllable from a single selector knob, and a control knob. Get a taste of some of the flavors it offers as it is used in real-time on a solo line recorded in Instrument Mode.
The Layerer (03:49) - Hear how these controls allow you to stack up to four CARBON guitarists across the sound stage, including front to back positioning, left/right placement, and the ability to introduce subtle tonal variations to differentiate between the layers.
Real-Time MIDI Control (02:52) - See how MIDI Learn is used to control multiple parameters from MIDI hardware in real-time.